Tutpup - a great way of developing maths and spelling skills.
Not only does it challenge pupils to improve their maths and spelling whilst having fun, it does so by pitting them against others from around the world!
You’ll love it because it gives you information on how well each pupil is doing, right down to each challenge they compete in.
Register your class and then provide your pupils with the class code. It couldn’t be easier.
My pupils love it.
An excellent site with some nice games to test the maths and English skills of pupils (and staff!).
Try Arcademics and challenge yourself!!
A nice, simple simulation/modelling site, City Creator, allows users to build their own city.
Great for maths too, 3D shapes and planning abound! There’s even a snowy theme!!
There is a wonderful site for teachers, pupils and families called Storybird. It provides users with a wealth of eye-catching illustrations and then allows everyone to create a story from their own imagination. It couldn’t be easier: once a group of illustrations have been chosen they appear in a browseable format and can be dragged, dropped and resized on a blank page. Finished items can be shared online and will soon be printable (for a fee).
The Sing Up website says:
Every child deserves the chance to sing every day. Singing improves learning, confidence, health and social development. It has the power to change lives and help to build stronger communities.
For schools
We promote understanding of the value of singing as a cross-curricular resource, in line with the National Curriculum.
For teachers
We provide training opportunities for teachers to confidently lead inspirational singing activities with young people.
For children
We want to give every child the chance to sing, with opportunities to develop their singing and performance skills.
For communities
We run many successful projects that place singing at the heart of communities across the country.
Check out the site and see more: Sing Up
These websites are fantastic if you’re studiying WWII. Lots of great information and pictures. Great resources and even stuff on propaganda.
Check out Engaging Places, a site dedicated to teaching and learning through buildings and places, from the CABE and English Heritage.
There you’ll will find: educational resources to help with your teaching; articles to stimulate your curriculum planning; educational news; and a search facility for finding activities and events near you.
It’s nice when you get an email saying how much people love the blog and how much they use it. We were asked for some good sites to use for explaining growing plants to Foundation Stage/KS1 pupils, by a student from BG, so here they are:
Kew Gardens
Sparky
Growing Plants
BBC Science
Make a seed grow
The aim of Tutpup is to provide simple, fun, competitive games that help children learn and gain confidence with Maths, English and other key skills and knowledge.
Pupils can play against others from all over the world or on their own, but they can’t send messages.
If a child registers to use Tutpup, an email titled “Is it OK for your child to use www.tutpup.com?” is sent to the address provided for their parent or guardian.
Children are automatically granted 7 days access to Tutpup.
For the child to continue using Tutpup, the parent/guardian must use the email to approve their ongoing use of Tutpup.
Moshi Monsters is a free online game for kids, in which they adopt a monster and look after it. Kids whose parents give us their approval can become members on our site, and can adopt a Moshi Monster. Kids care for their monster by solving puzzle games, which earn their monster virtual rewards called Rox. Kids can spend Rox on virtual items like food, furniture and other treats and toys for their monster. Over time their monster will increase in level, be able to visit new locations in Monstro City, and earn all kinds of in-game rewards for playing.
Monster owners will also be able to make friends with other owners and leave messages on their pages, which is regulated by the Moshi Team.
